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“In 1859, the American prohibition society Sons of Temperance opened a Fort Victoria chapter. This was a force to be reckoned with—south of the border, 5,000 chapters of the organization flourished. The group’s thousands of members called each other “brother,” and the society’s secret rites, handshake and password were only revealed upon payment of a two-dollar initiation fee, which was a hefty sum at the time, roughly equivalent to a workingman’s weekly wages.”
― Rich Mole, Scoundrels and Saloons: Whisky Wars of the Pacific Northwest 1840-1917